Taxonomy of meanings for 捉:　　

  • 捉 zhuō (OC: tsrooɡ MC: tʂɯɔk) 側角切 入 廣韻：【捉搦也側角切七 】
    • CARRY
      • vt(oN)take the contextually determinate thing along carrying it in one's hands
      • vtoNpick up; pick up and take along in one's hands
    • CATCH
      • vt(oN)catch the contextually determinate N
      • vtoNcatch
    • DRIVE
      • vt(oN)steer the contextually determinate N
      • vtoNsteer (a boat etc)
    • HOLD
      • nabgrasp
      • vtoNhold, grab
      • vtoNinchoativetake hold of, take and hold together
    • OBJECT MARKER
      • vad.VtoNN=concreteearly rare object marker used in certain sutra translations and some vernacular texts of the Tang (WANGFANZHI, BIANWEN)
    • TAKE
      • vtoNtake 捉水
    • RELY ON
      • GUARD
        • CONTROL
          • MARRY
            • DISCOVER

              Additional information about 捉

              說文解字: 【捉】，搤也。从手、足聲。一曰：握也。 【側角切】

                Criteria
              • CATCH

                1. The common general word is 獲 (ant. shì 釋 "set free") which can refer to the capturing or obtaining of anything that might conceivably try to escape (for dé 得 "obtain what generally does not try to escape capture" see OBTAIN).

                2. Qǔ 取 (ant. shě 捨 "relinguish, reject") is to take control of by force and applies typically to enemy territories or enemy cities in a conflict. See WIN

                3. Chí 持 (ant. shī 失 "lose hold of") refers to the capturing of non-human prey.

                4. Zhi 執 (refers to the capturing of any human and non-human prey. See also ARREST.

                5. Náng 囊 is specifically to capture by the use of a sack or bag.

                6. Guà 絓 refers to catching something on a hook, typically a hook attached to a string.

                7. Wò 握 is specifically to catch and get hold of something with one's bare hands.

                8. Yú 漁 refers very specifically to the catching and killing of fish. [See ANGLE]

                9. Dé 得 "obtain" can sometimes come to refer to catching what is trying to escape capture.

                10. Bǔ 捕 refers to catching animals typically in a habitual or professional way.

                NB: Zhuō 捉 came to mean "catch" in post-Han times.